Tag: China
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China, America, And India Compete Over Gulf Energy
The Yemeni Houthis’ attacks on shipping in the Middle East have not only triggered an international … More supply chain crunch, but also raised questions about China’s role and immunity. Getty Images President Donald J. Trump will set off on a trip to the Middle East to try to do what Biden could not: corral…
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China Looks To Tighten Its Grip On This Key Middle Eastern Oil Hub
Simon Watkins Simon Watkins is a former senior FX trader and salesman, financial journalist, and best-selling author. He was Head of Forex Institutional Sales and Trading for… More Info Premium Content By Simon Watkins – May 06, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT China’s Zhenhua Oil signed a long-term LNG deal with UAE’s ADNOC. The UAE’s location…
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What is behind the latest conflict between India and Pakistan?
The two countries both claim Kashmir in full, but rule it in part. India has long accused Pakistan of helping Islamist separatists who have battled security forces in its part of the territory. Islamabad denies those accusations. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.Credit: AP How has Pakistan responded? Pakistan denied any involvement in the April 22…
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Despite Gaza war woes, India hustles to manifest its trade corridor to Europe
NEW DELHI – India is making every effort to advance an ambitious plan to deepen transportation and economic connectivity with the Middle East and Europe even if the war in Gaza appears to have thrown a spanner in the works. The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (Imec) has so far received US President Donald Trump’s blessings…
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India can’t afford to dither on its response: Yaqoob-ul-Hassan
Yaqoob-ul-Hassan. | Photo Credit: By Special Arrangement Yaqoob-ul-Hassan has worked as a researcher at New Delhi’s Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Closely affiliated with the South Asia Center tracking Pakistan, he was also a visiting fellow at Stimson Center, Washington, DC. Currently, he teaches international relations at the Central University of Kashmir. Frontline spoke…
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Iran Bids for Chinese Takeaway
With talks underway on a new deal to de-nuke the Iranian regime, the visit to China, on April 22, of the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, may have rung some alarm bells in Washington D.C. The intricate web of relationships involving China, Iran, and the Islamic Republic’s so-called ‘Axis of Resistance,’ is an ongoing source…
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100 Days of National Security Wins
One hundred days into President Trump’s historic second term, America is far safer than it was during Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency. On January 20, President Donald Trump and his team inherited an open southern border, terrorist threats festering worldwide, American hostages languishing in captivity abroad, and wars in Ukraine and Gaza, which never would have…
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Turkey’s rise Is America’s loss: Saving the Eastern Med Alliance
Amine Ayoub – is a policy analyst and writer based in Morocco. For a brief moment, the Eastern Mediterranean seemed to offer a blueprint for American-led stability: a strategic alliance between Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and the United States — the “3+1” — aimed at securing democracy, energy resources, and maritime freedom in one of the…
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Azerbaijan rides Belt and Road wave to power up ties with China
Politics Materials 26 April 2025 09:42 (UTC +04:00) Follow Trend on BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 26. China has become one of Azerbaijan’s main economic partners, the political analyst Turab Rzayev said in an interview with Trend. “At present, a ‘crack’ has formed within the Western bloc. In this context, China stands out as a major direction…
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China’s President Xi says tariffs and trade wars hurt world economic order
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on April 23 that tariff and trade wars undermine the legitimate rights and interests of all countries, hurt the multilateral trading system and impact the world economic order, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Mr Xi made the comments during a meeting with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in…